#BC5D42#BC5D42

#BC5D42 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.189; OKLCH L 58.8% C 0.129 H 36.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5D42
RGB	rgb(188, 93, 66)
HSL	hsl(13, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(13, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50.5%, 64.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.59, 36.04, 32.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.59, 48.86, 42.47°)
OKLab	oklab(58.76% 0.1036 0.0773)
OKLCH	oklch(58.76% 0.129 36.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.6390, 18.9164, 7.4543)
Luminance	0.1891 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5D42 #42A1BC

analogous

#BC4264 #BC5D42 #BC9A42

triadic

#BC5D42 #42BC5D #5D42BC

tetradic

#BC5D42 #64BC42 #42A1BC #9A42BC

square

#BC5D42 #64BC42 #42A1BC #9A42BC

split-complementary

#BC5D42 #42BC9A #4264BC

monochromatic

#613022 #8F4732 #BC5D42 #CC846F #DCAA9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.39

#BC5D42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.78

#BC5D42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC5D42

4.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5D42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC5D42	1.00	4.39	4.78	4.78
#FFFFFF	4.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#766C3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D8040

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD4B57

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5d42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 93, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.8% 0.129 36.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d68d77',
    500: '#bc5d42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5d42;
$custom-light: #d68d77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5d42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.279,
    "s": 48.031,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58764,
    "c": 0.12926,
    "h": 36.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.18913
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5D42

secondary

#91BCC9

accent

#BAD850

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBF0ED

border

#D4CBC8

text

#150C08

muted

#837D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5D42

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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